Protector for vehicle-tires.



C. SCOTT. PROTECTOR FOR VEHICLE TIRES.

'APPLIOATIOH FILED MAY 10, 1011. I

Patented Sept.` 19, 1911.

IN VEN T 0R CHARLES S'COTT, OF BAKER, OREGGN.

PRO'.LECI'JJOR FB VEHICLE-TIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented' Sept. 19, 191 1.

Application led May 10, 1911'. Serial No. 626,824.

To all whomjit may concern:

13e it known that I, CHARLES Sco'rr, a citlzen of the United States, residingv at Baker city, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Vehicle-Tires, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in protectors for vehicle tires, and pertains more particularly to the protection of cushion and pneumatic tlres employed on automobiles and similar vehicles.

The invention has for its object the provision ofsimple and improved means for coverin the t1re whereby the latter is protected om wear and injury; a more perfect traction is secured than Ais ordinarily outwardly flaring edges 19 conforming possible; and the tendency ofthe wheels to skid on wet or slippery pavements or roadways is reduced to a mlnimum.

The, invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims. a l

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 -is a side view illustrating a tire with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the tire on line 22 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an' enlarged detail illustrating my invention, the tire. securing lclamp being removed.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates a `wheel of any suitable or preferred construction provided with the usual spokes 11 and rim 12. The rim yis provided with tire securing rings or clamps 13 of any suitable or preferred construction. p

M improved tire protector comprises a sing e continuous metal cable 14 passed around rings l'disposed on each side of the tire 16, the fstrands of` said cable passing over the .tread of the tire and fitting closely over the same as indicated at 17, the ends of the cable being spliced or united in any suitable manner as indicated at 18. It will be noted that the rings 15 are provided with to l the contour of the tire. The securing rings latter against the rings 15, sai

`(Jonica et this patent may be obtained for or clamps 13 fit closely against theadjacent strands of the cable, firmly 1m inging the rings and said clamps serving to prevent .slipping of the cable at these. points. vIt will ,noted that the cable is assed across the tread of the tire, complete y incasing the latter, the strands passmg between the tire and the rings 15, passing under the latter and between the same and lthe'vvheel ring, after which they are returned acrossthc tire to the ring on the other side. In eiect the cable 14 is woven between the rings 15 the tire 16 and the clamps 13, the strand that passes on the outside of the ring 15 on one side passing between the ring and the tire on`the other side. The arrangement is such that the cable strands lit closely to each other adjacent the rings 15 and extend across the tread of the tire in a somewhat diagonal direction, the strands barely touching at the tread, but being sufliciently close to take u all the wear and to thoroughly protect t e tire. The diagonal arrangement of the strands also tend to prevent skdding. l

' Having thus explained the nature of my invention, and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to setv forth all of the forms-in.which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what Iclaim is.

1. In a tire protector the combination with a wheel and attire therefor, of rings encircling the rim of the wheel adjacent each side thereof, an endless cable passing alternately around said rings and over the tread of the tire, clamping rings coperatling with the first mentioned rings, to prevent slippin of. said cable, and means for preventlng isplacement of said clamping rings. v I

2. In` a tire protector the combination with a wheel and a tire therefor, of rmgs encircling the rim of .said wheel adjacent each side thereof, an endless cable passing alternately around said rings and over the tread of the tire, said rings having out- -wardly flaring edges conforming to the conilve cents eaoh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washingtonfn. 0. i 

